words for America Kerley, Barbara creator Selznick, Brian illustrator text New York Scholastic Press 2004 First Scholastic paperback printing, September 2005 monographic 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm A biography of the American poet whose compassion led him to nurse soldiers during the Civil War, to give voice to the nation's grief at Lincoln's assassination, and to capture the true American spirit in verse. Z 970 Lexile Z Raz-Plus by Barbara Kerley ; illustrated by Brian Selznick Poets, American 19th century Biography Juvenile literature Nurses United States Biography Juvenile literature Poets, American Nurses PS3232 .K47 2004 811/.3 B 0439357918 DLC 20240110114547.0 2700 eng